Otherwise fall prey to the fascist propagandists understanding only too well how to use the 'politics of the personal": and because this cebate Is al oresent generating a great deal of interest on the The Socialist Worker series of meetings on sexual politics and the current Communist Party discussions are cases in point. It is worth quoting the leaflet advertising the IS meetings: -ven now. movement, wnich includes .. te nign to a self-defined sexuality' has not been integrated into the left's understanding, propaganda and agitation. against gay oppression is still conceived of on a purely "civil rights' level.
Gur strateoy aoainst une fascism in particular could suffer dandefeats CerOUs teach the left forty vears ago — if we ignore the real breeding fascist ideas among the masses, by her husband. women in strikes, etc., We all welcome the success of the strike for equal pay at Trico as a victory for women and the whole working class. The strike itself raises important problems for the movement which have so far been overlooked in the left's propaganda and activity, and which need urgent consideration for future struggles like Trico. The kind of issues which were posed can be indicated by a problem which confronted student teachers who invited Tricc strikers to speak at a meeting on 'Women's Right to Work": one of the scheduled speakers was forbidden to attend the meeting The general problem posed by incidents like this is that face barriers which appear to be personal matters rather than trade union or political matters. Yet clearly the issue was a very political one, problems are universal: for example, in France a woman was beaten up by her husband after daring to take part in an overnight occupation at the Lip factory. Women's capacity take part in this kind of struggle is constantly limited by that manoeuvres in the NUT Rank-and-File, their refusal to build even committee Anel election campaigns (let alone take part in and indeed in the internal regime of the IS itself. None of anything to convince workers that socialism means a different important in a where for most workers parliamentary democracy means real. freedoms and rights that don't exist capitalist countries or in the so-called socialist countries.
working class is not going to fight socialist democracy demonstrated in prevented conference.
For socialists standing in elections.
democratically organised campaign, with the candidate responsspettogis/h tsup such a candomea ns women s loeranon would be accountable, not to a cross every five years, nor to the Central Committee of the Party, but to frequent quIel mass meetings of his/her constituents at immeolately struggles.
more energy HOUFS and such - SOUTH WEST LONDON WOMEN'S GROUP WOMEN STUDENTS FIGHT part of our oppression which involves the so-called 'personal sphere. The movement must urgently debate the problem pose by the separation of 'personal' and 'public" politics, which becomes apparent when women enter public Overcoming this problem would mean, for example, fighting for the unions to take responsibility for any oppression a woman may face in her 'personal' life. It would mean putting into arguing that unions should encourage caucuses of their women members, as well as providing creches at public meetings and holding union meetings in worl The problems raised for women by the failure to integrate the 'personal" part of our oppression into the whole of the class Shis questien is long overdue. The lett press must take on os struggle are complex ones, and a debate in the movement responsibility for the development of this debate without delay.